Frederick R. Jelovsek MD For years, doctors have routinely screened pregnant women for infections which affect the outcome of the pregnancy or cause birth defects in the baby. Gonorrhea and chlamydia are checked for with...

Healthy Glow? Before you got pregnant, you imagined yourself glowing with health as your body swelled with new life. There's nothing wrong with daydreams as long as you recognize them for what they are. And you did...

Every Eventuality Today, people are flying more than ever and pregnancy seems to present no impediment to this trend. As a result, health providers have begun to concern themselves with making sure that pregnant passengers are prepared...

Insistent Theories The scientists have been arguing the possible risks of air travel during pregnancy for decades. There is an insistent school of thought that a combination of lowered levels of oxygen, radiation exposure, and...

Pregnancy is a very exciting time for new moms: experiencing your first symptoms of early pregnancy, using a pregnancy calculator to determine the due date, learning about the different stages of pregnancy. At the same time,...

Acute pelvic pain - positive pregnancy test (beta-hcg) Background - importance and magnitude of problem Diagnostic goals - for overall category ectopic pregnancy tubal cornual ovarian abdominal cervical miscarriage threatened abortion inevitable abortion incomplete abortion complete abortion gestational trophoblastic...

Frederick R. Jelovsek MD Many women do not realize that pelvic pain can actually be due to muscle problems in the abdominal wall or even back problems of the spinal discs or bones that are referred or...

Pelvic and Abdominal Pain (and endometriosis) by Frederick R. Jelovsek MD Intermittant lower abdominal pain I am 26 years old and experiencing diffuse, intermittent lower abdominal pain. No vaginal discharge. No pain on urination. Menstrual cycle has...